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The Minority and Women’s Affinity Groups at Carter Ledyard hosted Douglas K. Chia, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of Johnson & Johnson, at a luncheon on October 3. His responsibilities include providing legal counsel to the corporation on matters of corporate governance, securities regulation, public company disclosure, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. Mr. Chia spoke about his career history and the challenges he faced as an Asian American attorney in advancing his career; how the firm can create, enhance and implement meaningful diversity objectives in the workplace; and what his expectations and requirements are for Johnson & Johnson’s outside legal service providers. Other speakers have included Don Liu, General Counsel of the Xerox Corporation; Parkin Lee, Chief Legal Officer and Vice President of The Rockefeller Group International, Inc.; Sandra Leung, General Counsel of Bristol-Meyers Squibb; and Michelle Rhee, Associate General Counsel at Bank of America Corporation.

CLM Client Defeats Challenge to Confession of JudgmentCarter Ledyard helped one of its merchant cash advance clients prevail in a litigation in which a merchant sought to vacate a judgment entered against it by our client based on an affidavit of confession of judgment.

Charles G. Berry Joins Carter LedyardCarter Ledyard & Milburn LLP is pleased to announce that Charles G. Berry joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Department. Mr. Berry represents US and foreign banks and businesses, and has achieved many trial,…